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Old May 27, 2009 | 08:58 PM
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ok i am painting my berger panel on my z, i just dont know if i want a gloss black or flat black. My car is a red, and my mirrors and top are both black, also my wheels are gunmetal. any help or pictures of your car(prefer red) would help out a lot.
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Old May 27, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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I say Gloss black. Most of the red camaro's ive seen, have there panels in gloss black. Ill be doing gloss black when i get mine done. Search for Sommer86 i believe is his name, hes got his in gloss black.
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Old May 27, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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thanks, keep it comin! also what do you all think about doing red lettering in the camaro part, or is that pushing it too much?
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Old May 27, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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gloss black. as for the letters i'm iffy but thank it would look good either way...
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Old May 28, 2009 | 11:45 AM
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Here's mine. Flat black, red letters.

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Old May 29, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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I think gloss looks way better.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 03:47 PM
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gloss always looks better
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Old May 29, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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gloss or satin black
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Flat black with the billet inserts
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Old May 29, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by johnLs1camaro
thanks, keep it comin! also what do you all think about doing red lettering in the camaro part, or is that pushing it too much?
check with emblempros. they have a design for the lettering to be in black and outlined in red. check the appearance section for the emblempro's thread. there's a bunch of pages to look through but i believe once again Sommer86, got those emblems im talking about.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Satin black.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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I'd pick gloss!
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Old May 29, 2009 | 10:53 PM
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Definitely gloss black with the red lettering...
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Old May 29, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Satin, gloss looks terrible IMO.. The point of the berger panel is for it to offset the glossyness of the cars regular paint.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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Go Gloss I have mine gloss and it sets it off. I got my inserts from auto trim design. I got the domed letter inserts. www.autotrimdesign.com
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Old May 29, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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one more vote for gloss
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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satin
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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for red, definitely a gloss black.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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Looks good, I keep wanting to get one of those license plate deals, just haven't gotten around to it.
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